Oireachtas Monitor 221 Published: 25 October 2016
1. Coming up this week in the Houses of the Oireachtas (24 October 2016 – 28 October 2016)
Dáil and Seanad Agenda
2. Last week's Oireachtas Questions and Debates (17 October 2016 – 21 October 2016) a. Asylum and Immigration b. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care) c. Child Protection/ Child and Youth Services/ Children in Care d. Health and Wellbeing e. Disability and Special Educational Needs f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing
a. Asylum and Immigration Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Justice and Equality
Refugee Resettlement Programme, John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) Direct Provision System, Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) Ombudsman for Children Remit, Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) b. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care) Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Education and Skills
Preschool Services, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) School Transport Review, Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) School Patronage, Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) School Patronage, Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) School Patronage, Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) Disadvantaged Status, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme, Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) Schools Healthy Living Strategies, Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Child Care Services Funding, Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
Department of Health
Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes, Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
Debates
Dáil debates, Questions on Proposed Legislation Dáil debates, Questions on Proposed Legislation Dáil debates, Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] Dáil debates, Topical Issues, School Patronage Dáil debates, Other Questions, Arts in Education Charter Seanad debates, Commencement Matters, Educational Disadvantage Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, National Collaborative Forum for the Early Years Care and Education Sector: Early Childhood Ireland
c. Child Protection/ Child and Youth Services/ Children in Care Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Justice and Equality
Garda Vetting Applications Data, John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
Department of Education and Skills
Garda Vetting Legislation, Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Youth Work Projects Funding, Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
Debates
Seanad debates, Children and Youth Affairs: Statements
d. Health and Wellbeing Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Health
Hospital Waiting Lists, John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times, Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) Legislative Programme, Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) Mental Health Services Staff, Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) National Drugs Strategy, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) Obesity Strategy, Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) Mental Health Services Staff, Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) Mental Health Services Staff, Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) Mental Health Services Provision, Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) Mental Health Services Provision, Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) Mental Health Services Funding, Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) Mental Health Services Provision, Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) Mental Health Policy, Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) Mental Health Services Staff, James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) Mental Health Services Staff, Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
Debates
Dáil debates, Questions, Cabinet Committee Meetings Dáil debates, Priority Questions, HSE National Service Plan Dáil debates, Questions on Proposed Legislation Dáil debates, Priority Questions, Mental Health Services Funding
e. Disability and Special Educational Needs Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Health
Services for People with Disabilities, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) Speech and Language Therapy Provision, John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
Department of Education and Skills Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) Special Educational Needs Data, Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) Garda Vetting of Personnel, John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) Special Educational Needs Service Provision, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
Debates
Dáil debates, Other Questions, Speech and Language Therapy Provision Dáil debates, Topical Issue Debate, Services for People with Disabilities Dáil debates, Other Questions, Speech and Language Therapy Provision Dáil debates, Other Questions, Occupational Therapy Seanad debates, Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage
f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers
Department of Social Protection
Child Benefit Eligibility, Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Housing Provision, Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) Housing Provision, Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) Social and Affordable Housing Data, Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
Debates
Seanad debates, Fire Safety in Traveller Accommodation: Statements
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